Test 5 · ★ · Foster care
In a cartoon, the foster kid is sent to live in a cupboard under the stairs. What's more real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: foster kid · What happens: send, live, be · To what, where: foster kid, cartoon, cupboard
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 521 «Foster care» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, the foster kid is sent to live in a cupboard under the stairs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 6 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kid | compound |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sent | aux:pass |
| 9 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 live | mark |
| 11 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sent | xcomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 cupboard | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 cupboard | det |
| 14 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 live | obl |
| 15 | under | under | ADP | _ | 17 stairs | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 stairs | det |
| 17 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 live | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · passive | the foster kid | a cartoon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | the foster kid not said here | a cupboard | under the stairs | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cupboard=Location |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What's more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | amod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Foster carers are paid to be mean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carers | compound |
| 2 | carers | carer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | aux:pass |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 mean | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 mean | cop |
| 7 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paid | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · passive | Foster carers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | mean property | tree rules |
Option 2
Foster kids always sleep in cupboards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kids | compound |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sleep | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 sleep | advmod |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 cupboards | case |
| 6 | cupboards | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | Foster kids | cupboards | always property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No one ever checks on foster kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 checks | nsubj |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 checks | advmod |
| 4 | checks | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 kids | case |
| 6 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kids | compound |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 checks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present | no one | ever | on foster kids | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kid=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Carers are checked, and social workers visit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carers | carer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 checked | aux:pass |
| 3 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 visit | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 visit | cc |
| 6 | social | social | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 workers | amod |
| 7 | workers | worker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 visit | nsubj |
| 8 | visit | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 checked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present · passive | Carers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | visit | present | social workers | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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